Esko Digital Flexo news

Motivated to secure its pole position in the packaging industry, French print service provider Médialliance Graphic purchased the Esko XPS Crystal exposure device for flexo plates.

Jérôme Gros, Commercial Director at Médialliance, is convinced that Médialliance is now better equipped to meet the high quality standards set by some of its large accounts, thanks to the superb flexo plates produced with the XPS Crystal and a vast range of Esko software tools.

Coveris, a leading European packaging manufacturer, was the proud winner of a Gold Award at the European Flexographic Industry Association (EFIA) 2019 awards.

Andy Wilson, Group Color Director at Coveris, believes his company delivered excellent results on its entry of a narrow web label because it was printed with Esko Print Control Wizard software.

Since printers always seek to reduce costs and increase capacity, continuous research and development into new technology is the best guarantee to improve operational efficiency.

This study compares conventional exposure and cold conventional exposure of flexo plates against the Esko XPS Crystal, which uses UV LED technology.

Pascal Thomas, Director Product Management Prepress & Platemaking at Esko, demonstrates how sharper and more uniform dots across the full tonal range, and higher plate floor consistency, validate that the Esko XPS Crystal exposure unit provides a more consistent method of plate exposure.

Longtime users avidly testify: Adopting the Esko PDF-native prepress editing software, ArtPro+, reduces lead times and increases operational efficiency. The most recent release of ArtPro+ boosts productivity even more with an impressive number of new features and updates.

Frank Woltering, Product Manager Prepress & Platemaking at Esko, highlights some of the coolest additions to the new version of this powerful packaging prepress software.

Argentina based reprographic specialist, Fotograbados Longo S.A., has equipped itself over time with a range of Esko solutions, both in software and in hardware.

In this video, Sebastian Longo, President of Fotograbados Longo, shares his enthusiasm for his latest investment in an Esko XPS Crystal 5080.

In flexographic printing many variables need to be controlled. Building an accurate plate curve is the foundation of everything that follows. However, this requires deep flexo know-how of the plate room operator. Until now…

Robert Bruce, Product Manager Prepress & Platemaking at Esko, explains how the new Esko Print Control Wizard software offers the flexographic printing industry a standardized approach to simplify the implementation of screens and dot gain curves in the reprographics process.

Leading prepress specialist Athena Graphics recently offers its customers flexo plates of unprecedented quality. This has everything to do with deploying the innovative Esko XPS Crystal exposure device in its plate room department.

Ignace Cosaert, Managing Director of Athena Graphics, describes how flexo plate quality has reached a new standard and throughput has significantly accelerated at Athena Graphics.

The 28th edition of one of the largest technology-focused events in the packaging industry, EskoWorld, once again sustained its yearly growing popularity. EskoWorld brought together 550 brands and their suppliers from across the packaging and print sector to discover, demonstrate and discuss the latest innovations that can add value to their businesses.

Melissa Plemen, Director Marketing North America at Esko, believes the event offered exactly what the participants wanted, since it’s curated alongside and with the input of customers.

Since Schur Pack implemented its own fully automated in-house platemaking department, the company notices an impressive productivity increase. The Esko CDI Crystal XPS at Schur Pack's makes platemaking as simple as ‘Press Start’.

For Lene Hoegh Madsen, Prepress Manager at Schur, the choice to partner up with Esko was obvious, since Esko systematically eliminates manual steps and inefficiencies where possible, making platemaking itself a two-step process.

On a daily basis, users of Esko solutions raise the bar in their field of expertise. Inspired by its global customer base, Esko is on a mission to develop the best possible tools that continuously improve customer impact.

Stijn Govaert, Pre-Sales & Solution Services Manager at Esko, describes how two brand new Esko Customer Experience Centers aim to support Esko customers even more by immersing them in a world of possibilities with the latest Esko innovations in software and hardware.

Creating packaging requires collaboration and communication. Standard office applications, though, have reached their limits. Not only are they highly inefficient, they are also prone to error. There is a more efficient way of handling packaging projects: with the dedicated packaging management solution, Esko WebCenter.

Karsten Daemen, Junior Product Manager at Esko, takes a closer look at the additions in the latest release of WebCenter 18.1 that guarantee to improve user experience and productivity.

Austrian prepress service provider Glatz Klichee felt that traditional light tube exposure units have reached their limits in the plate making process. There were problems with consistency or variations in exposure intensity.

That is the reason why Manfred Schrattenthaler, Managing Director at Glatz Klischee, installed the Esko XPS Crystal flexo plate exposure device. Among many other benefits, the UV LED ensures a constantly uniform output, improving plate exposure quality.